Re: [Python-Dev] Tightening up the specification for locals()
Like it or not, people rely on this behavior. I don't think CPython (or PyPy) can actually afford to change it. If so, documenting it sounds like a better idea than leaving it undocumented only known to the inner shrine +1. I am relying on this. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Why can't I encode/decode base64 without importing a module?
Using decode() and encode() would break that predictability. But someone suggested the use of transform() and untransform() instead. That would clarify that the transformation is bytes bytes and Unicode string Unicode string. On 23 Apr 2013 05:50, Lennart Regebro rege...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote: As others have pointed out in the past, repeatedly, the codec system is completely general and can transform bytes-bytes and text-text just as easily as bytes-text. Yes, but the encode()/decode() methods are not, and the fact that you now know what goes in and what comes out means that people get much fewer Decode/EncodeErrors. Which is a good thing. //Lennart ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/fabiosantosart%40gmail.com ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 435 -- Adding an Enum type to the Python standard library
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Russell E. Owen ro...@uw.edu wrote: Using intEnum is certainly doable, but that opens up the door to comparing values from different Enums, which is not something I'd want to allow. I agree. Comparing values from different Enums could cause a lot of hard to find bugs. On the other hand, simply checking in `__cmp__` what Enum both values belong to (since they do have a `enum` attribute) should allow us to avoid cross-comparing instead of just raising a TypeError. It's not very intuitive behavior IMHO. Just my 2 cents. -- Fábio Santos ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
